Just as the fear I voiced in my first posting, I have not posted in months. Self-fulfilling prophesy? So, what happened? Life, I guess. That night, the night after my first post, my cousin was involved in a life changing car accident. Andrew Benedict was in a terrible accident that took many of us on a roller coaster ride of emotions. He has overcome many of his challenges, and is now fairly stable, but he is paralyzed from the neck down. He may never get off a ventilator. He is facing a completely dependent existence.
After beginning to move through the stages of grief, my dear, sweet friend, Nancy, lost her only son in a car accident. It is tragic, unfair and unimaginable. At this point the only thing I can say is WEAR YOUR SEATBELTS PEOPLE!!! Both Drew and Spencer were not wearing their seatbelts and both had major spinal injury.
All of these serious life happenings serves as a reminder to the rest of us how mortal we are. As an artist I am constantly battling fear and doubt. A new year, a new urgency maybe, but I’m ready to battle those fears and make art, and to make a life, making art.
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